Ritchey Logic&#8217;s Garden City Track Bike Clears a 30 mm Tire

While John was at Ritchey’s HQ before Sea Otter earlier this year, he checked out the all-new Ritchey Garden City track bike that clears a 30 mm tire…

Garden City Quick Hits

Limited edition of 100 worldwide
$1199 MSRP frame and fork
Ritchey Logic Tubing (tig-welded, triple butted, heat treated frame)
Ritchey Comp Carbon Road Fork included
Ritchey Logic Track Ends!
S-XL sizing
Due in stock mid-October

The Garden City isn’t Ritchey’s first track bike. We featured this stunning lugged 1975 Ritchey Track Bike earlier this year.

Onto the Garden City…

This is Fergus from Ritchey’s personal build, so you know it has polished Suntour Superbe Pro cranks!

Track Bike or Street Fixed Gear

Named after the San Jose track cycling team, the Garden City is an homage, meant to show gratitude for the community that nurtured Fergus from Ritchey’s love of track racing. It’s a bike meant to be ridden to the track and then raced, used as a winter training bike, or just thrashed around the street.

As such, it clears a 30 mm tire with the rear wheel slid back in the track end. You could, theoretically, ride to the track with your 23 mm tubular racing wheels strapped to your back and swap your gearing out.

Most importantly, Ritchey just wanted to offer a bomb-proof steel framed track bike with a carbon fork, bottle bosses, front and rear brake holes, with a geometry that’s perhaps more street-friendly than track-specific.

Geometry

Utilizing “parallel geometry,” or a seat and head angle that are the same, while nudging the numbers on the sizes small and medium to reduce toe overlap, the Garden City is slightly steeper than a 72º parallel road bike but not as steep as a 75 or 76º track bike. Ritchey really nailed the geometry here.

Full Specs

Sizes: S, M, L, XL
Material: heat-treated, triple-butted Ritchey Logic steel tubing – TIG welded
Ritchey Comp Carbon Road Fork included
Ultra-light forged and machined straight 1-1/8” headtube
Electrophoretic Deposition (ED Coat) treated for corrosion resistance
27.2mm seat tube with integrated seat collar (max torque setting: 6Nm)
Bottom bracket: 68mm – English threaded
Crankset min/max ring size: 55t
Chainline: 49mm
Bottle cage mounts: 2
Dropout: horizontal 120mm Bolt On
WCS headset included (upper IS42/28.6 –
16mm stack height | lower IS42/30)
1-1/8” straight steerer
Steerer length: 300mm
Axle-crown: 368mm
Rake/Offset: 43mm
30mm maximum spacers below stem
Standard quick release
Wheel and tire compatibility: 700 x 30 mm tire clearance (depending on tire/rim manufacturer)
Frame max spacing: 38mm
Fork max spacing: 36mm
Sizes: S-XL
Frame weight: 1,950g (size L)
Fork weight: 530g (uncut steerer) Color: Midnight Violet and Moon Yellow